Report: Cavs now willing to include Andrew Wiggins in Kevin Love trade offer
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The Cleveland Cavaliers have LeBron James, and they're not ready to give up on Minnesota Timberwolves power forward Kevin Love quite yet.
A league source revealed to The Morning Journal's Bob Finnan that the Cavs are willing to part with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2014 draft, Andrew Wiggins, in a potential deal to land Love.
Cleveland coach David Blatt told reporters Wiggins "wasn't going anywhere" earlier this week, but James is reportedly pushing for Love to be on the roster.
The thinking is that Wiggins is going to be a very good player, a possible All-Star player, in time. But he’s raw. He’s a long way away from reaching that potential. Love is an All-Star caliber player now. The union of James, Kyrie Irving and Love could be a championship in the making.
The Cavs are under the gun to win now. James is playing on a two-year contract that includes an out clause after the 2014-15 season if he decides to use it.
Wiggins, a former Kansas standout, is averaging 13.7 points and 3.0 rebounds in the Cavaliers' first three games at Las Vegas Summer League, but is shooting 37.8 percent from the field.
As Minnesota owner Glen Taylor said this week in Las Vegas, he's not planning to move Love without getting "equal or more value back."